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Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28

You can pick up almost any newspaper in
the country and nnd it fiiled TO the briin, as
Il were. with growls ABOUT tie cat nuisance,
VITA particular attention bestowed upon the
nsigbbors' felise- which s-cm 20 have n
fondRess for other peoples yards ] have
besu there myself aud hare earned gray
hsirs by hours spent in fruitless target prac-
tice with the caterwauling nuisance. as
the objective polats. have grown
weary devising means TO keep them
away Ny last attempt was to arrange
brosea window glass on edge irnbedded on
top of ~ fences tn . shicx plastic substance.
Did that kssp EN- euti You might ask II
Msysscophslss could be ssnishsd with wink.
Thoss sats hang On - the glass covered fsncs
Ike PAGER 10 asphalt pavement, and
wssn shs Nocturnal choru, gathered "a usual
I gave up the job II I wss only living in
hsrico the matter could bs promptly settled
withset kosti.i:iss. There l have sesn milsa
and miles Of what l call perfect cat fence
TIC simplest thing in the world. They wei
no-hinx mors than adobe walls supporting
thick growth Of small ball cactus, each plan;
containing about 5,oc0. 90 spears Ia ike e
see "a American cat tackle that outfit. snd
I'm gsing 80 Try snd introduce a feeble imi
tstioa in order 60 en- Joy laugh at the com
mon su-usy The human rsco John "
Maason IA Democrat.
Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28

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Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28

A Young nssn sssrainz in the crowd a. TIE
bow u Jersey tsslnd ferrvlsoat on Tuesday
evening suddenly xsve a yell. and scovHng a.
= wei dressed mas - his sise. siaevei &
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lie ratin.
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Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28

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as haoks Aenxh 7 sstse seen ~ - sa.--
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Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28
AwoKv WITH . FRIGHT.


AT this point l awoke with an awful
fright, and at once looked az nv clock; il was
just and the day was breaking l arose,
bathed my face and was about to resume my
packing, when there came n knock at my
door. | asked who was there, and high,
piercing voice, which l recognized only too
well, replied: 1T is /. my dear. have
brought You cup Of tea; open the door, II
is needless to say that I did rot 10 it, Sha
continued knocking, and begged me to let Der
in, but, Of course refused. Then she threat
eued me, and poured forth the foulest Ian
gaage have ever heard. and at las. she came
back 70 persuasion, saying, and / can
never forget the words: 4 am Hero on my
knees like a dog. and / iTnplore you only
10 tasto this tea which have for you
"You can imagine what state was in by
this time. / was perfectly desperate, and
after waiting for two or three hours listening
and hardly daring 70 breathe, cautiously
opened my door and made a rush for the
street. There were three flights OF stairs TO
descend and at the bottom Of the second one
| met the old woman, glaring at me like a
fend don't know how ! ever did il, but in
some way l was given the strength to push
her out Of my way, and | escaped leaving
her stretched at full length on the floor
"And what happened after taat," | asked.
"Oh, simply got an officer te 90 there and
carry oG>>iy things or course had no in
teress in putting the woman In prison or
anything of that sort; but don't you call that
a casa of supernatural warningr un tone oi
triumph.
We were obliged 20 confess that there wa,
something very strange about it.
"Well, when YOU come 70 see ms again.
said Nine. Nevada, as | rose to 60, II vii
tell you another story even more wonderful
than this one"
withdrew, frm in the resolution 70 bear
that other story, at no distant date, IL only
for the sake OF meeting once more the de
lghtful story teller. Cleveland l.. IoiIett IL
New York Mail and Express.
Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28

When ven see 4 stated taat she train vs.
rvnnfng aboal fftf naies sn hcpr. j8st
kuock fftecn miles oT before yoa 60 ary
furto-r. NsrY fs~ passenger trefns 81 80
very test resss average ever tnrty-fvs mles
sn se.r. .-Ch.-..a Hera.f
Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28

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sngels n fis becks srd ~hi-Dss hfs Vie AZ
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~ eserse B'wer i - - sn~s,i..3 frr
not tskine sis we awav fra1a bozse = ~hss
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Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28
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1 Baltimore. What she 'sscs 10 besuilfy and pre-
serve the cont ne4lsa

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Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28

Scrc re zsrors hcys st Tempe. Tex.
palnaef sbarr hznei cows hcTu re6 arf
hurx ~ esd SCI on weseh rreafsf 4 ssaSs-
ten n sbat nsft - sae esty n1fsl sI - kEs
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Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28

Lads the use OF Madame Sonalea's Nut on ana
Mix Weed II cleanses the pores and keeps The
skin 6ne aud Is identifying IA H. effect DIR +
q. PYRUx 300 r. seth street, New YORK.
The Nut on is a natural lubricant Tor the skin
sofening and keeping It youthful. DIR. 1ALE'
Saratoga SPRING. \. Y.
II lind Madame Sonalest preparations Tor the
skin most excellent "-DR. MoUHT, 57s Lexington
avenue. New York.
Madame Sonsles's Toilet Goods. They contain
nothing that viii injure the skin; they viii make
the complexion fine. R. Y De GUsloS, Chem
isf Chicago.
send stamp for csrculsr. Agents wanted in
every town and city in this county. For sale by
II. H WILSON,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Phil. Kearny's Ride.
New York Journal.

Il was at Fair Oaks" said the silver
tongued orator of the Grand Army, Cor
poral Tanner, ''on the Goth. The battle
began on the next day. The most mem
orable event of the day to me was the
picture presented by gallant Phil. Kearny
as he rode up and down the line as we
were waiting for the word to go in.
"Casey's corps across the Chickahom-
my, was actively engaged for some time
before we were ordered across and !
remember we'll hearing Kearny talking
to himself Or some of his staff as he rode
impatiently up and down. 'Why don't
the blank fools give us the wordr he
exclaimed Don't they need us?'
"It was gallant sight," continued the
corporal, "to see Kearny go tearing up
and down the line, waving his sword with
his only hand and holding the reigns IN
his teeth. After we finally got into the
fight Kearny was asked by the colonel of
a Pennsylvania regiment that had just
come up where he should go into battle.
ooh, go right in anywhere, colonel;
go in anywhere. There's blank nice
fighting all along the line.
GAS my regiment passed Kearny he
swung his sword in response to our
cheers and exclaimed: Go in gaily, boys.
Give 'em hades."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Selection in Breeding.
American Agriculturist.

The coupling of two animals can not,
of itself, produce qualities to degree
greater than the sum of that to which they
exist In the animals and their ancestors.
The breeding OF animals San create excel
lence only by addition and holding the
same. In the true sense of the term,
qualities in animals are created only by
environment. For breeding to make any
Improvement, there must first be one
superior animal; and it's superiority shall
come only of more favorable conditions
surrounding it. Hence improvement is
made along two lines-by surrounding
animals with favorable conditions and by
selection in breeding. The first produces
in individuals greater merit than is pos
sessed by those animals not go happily
situated; the second combines and holds
this merit. The animal of superior merit
not only has more good points than the
average animal, but it has fewer bad
points, and when two superior animals
are selected and bred, their merits are
doubled and their defects are divided as
compared with the merits and faults of
animals reproduced in their offspring. It
is plain that selection in breeding can
accomplish nothing, unless the animals
arc first surrounded by unusually favor
able conditions. On the other hand
favorable environment is of little value
without selection in breeding, for the good
results produced by is may be lost with
each animal. There will be no aggrega-
ton and retention of merit. Hence the
two must go hand in hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

deal of scientific work has been done in
the effort to find out good tests for bogus
butter. What has been published in your
country, in the report of the Department
of Agriculture, for the year 1885, by DR.
Thomas Taylor, is very interesting but
not sufficient. Some of the states of the
Union have now very stringent laws
against the selling of bogus butter under
false name. Also in Europe nearly all
the states have such bills, or are at least
point everywhere is the quick detection OF
bogus butter.
In Germany where bill against bogus
butter has been introduced in the House
of representatives., chemical tests are
Ignored, and the plan is to enact that all
bogus butter must be colored, before
leaving the factory, with a color quite
different from that of COW butter. First
it worked badly, but only as long as one
attempted to color the finished butter
the coloring of bogus butter by coIoring
the milk added during the preparation
proved quite successful. The committee
of the German house of Representatives
considering the question, has, however
refused the attempt to make it a law that
bogus butter must be colored by vote OF
II to II.
Prof. Soxhlet of Munich has proposed
new treatment, which is worthy of at
tention. He proposes-and his PROPOSE
ton will be offered to the House of Repre-
sentatives in Germany-to make it Law
that all bogus butter must be mixed dur
ing the preparation with phenol-phtalein
which is made out of one of the products
of dry distlllation of tar, and one gramme
of it will be enough for 100 kilogrammes
of bogus butter. The butter can then be
offered for sale colored yellow, or uncolor
ed, or in any way desired, and the phenol-
phtalien will not be seen at all. But by
adding a solution of soda, or ammonia
and water Qiquor ammonia caustici), or
even teaspoonful of water and ashes of
cigar, to piece of butter the size of a
bean, the whole of the butter will become
a nice red if it is bogus butter, or if bogus
butter is mixed with it.
It will be Immediately seen that this is
proof which can be made by every po-
liceman in any shop, by every guest in a
DINING room, etc. In your country it
would be easy to enact that no butter shall
go out of the factories to which has not
been added the phenol- phtalien. The
internal revenue officers, which have to
deal, since the LIST of November, 1886,
with bogus butter, could very easily look
at this point also.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

Two breakfast cups of quite new milk,
two dessertspoonfuls of ground coffee,
two dessertspoonfuls of pounded loaf SUI
gar; put all into saucepan, and stir slo.s-
ly until boiling; then pour into coffee
pot, and serve hot. Roasting the coffee
beans with small piece of fresh butter
improves the flavor. Also beat up the
yolk and white of an egg, mix With dry
coffee to paste, put in pitcher, and
pour the boiling water upon it, stirring
we'll; cover closely with napkin, and
leave it five minutes to settle; pou- back
ward and forward from a cup three times
and add cupful more water, and let 1t
stand short time. Or it may be made
In jug in this method without the egg;
but the new coffee pots are more econ
omical.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
THE RABY.

The little tot'ring baby feet
With faltering steps and slow
With pattering echoes soft and sweet
Into my heart they go,
They also 60 in grimy plays,
In muddy pools and dusty ways.
Then through the house in trackful maze
They wander to and fro.
The baby hands that clasp nv neck
With touches dear to me,
Are the same hands that smash and wreck
The inkstand foul to see;
They pouno the Mirror With 8 cane
They rend the manuscript in twain,
Widespread destruction they ordain
In wasteful jubilee.
The dreamy, murm' ring baby voice
That coos its little tune,
That makes my listening heart rejoice
Like birds in eafy June,
Can wake at midnight dark and still
And all the air with bowling fill,
That splits the ear wi echoes shriI1
Like co nets out of tune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Rest for the Weary.

'Where shall we GO this summer,
dear?" asked Mrs. Flyaway. swell, let's
see," replies her husband, '1ast winter
we got malaria in Florida?" eyes, and
the alligator got your pointer dog"
"Ane the preceding Summer we got the
rheumatism in the mountaIns?" "We
did, and the bear got my little Skye ter
rier.'' "And the summer before that we
went to the seashore, and got bled by the
mosquitoes and the landlord?" Yes"
"And the summer before that we went in
to the country, and the children were laid
up all summer with ivy poison?" 81 re-
member" ssWell, if felt as strong as I
used to, I'd like first rate to take vaca-
ton this summer, but I'm feeling kind
of weak and listless, and Pm afraid I
couldn't stand it. Lets stay at home and
rest this year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
He Would.
Detroit Free Press.

A trampish-looking man with par
ticularly dirty face was hanging about a
Woodward avenue grocery the other day,
when a clerk observed:
IF you had bar of soap could you
make good use of it"
'sYou bet!" was the prompt reply.
He was handed one and went off. In
about an hour he returned, his face as
dirty as before, and the clerk exclaimed:
s'You never used bit of that soap!'
'sYou asked me to make good use of it,
so l did. I traded it off for something to
wash over four weeks dust out OF my
throat This dirt ON my face isn't three
days old yeti"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Ten Rules for Bathers.
National Druggist.

When suffering from violent excite
ment, do not battle.
Undress slowly, but then go directly ia
to the water
Take your time on the way to the
bathing house or beach.
On arriving at the beach inquire about
depth and currents of water.
Do not remain too long in the water,
especially if not very robust.
After meals and especially after taking
alcoholic liquors, do not battle.
Whom suffering from suddenly oc-
curing or from continued illness, do not
battle.
Jump in head first, or, at least, dip
under quickly, if you do not like to do
the first.
After sleepless nights or excessive ex-
ercise, do not battle, unless you first rest
a few hours.
After bathing, rub the body to stimu-
late circulation, and then dress quickly
then take moderate exercise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Lessons in Butter-Making.
Philadelphia Record /.

The prizes awarded for butter at the
late great dairy show we're for packages
of thirty pounds or more from creamer-
les, and the same from dairies, with other
prizes for three to ten pounds weight.
The prize for the five lots of thirty
pounds each from a creamery was given
to HoIstein COWS that had been fed prin-
cipaIly on silage corn cured dry, the but
ter being sailed in it's granular condition,
lightly worked, allowed to rest twelve
hours, then reworked, packed and ship
ped. The first prize for large lots of but
ter from dairy was also produced from
HoIstein COWS that had been fed on va
riety, such as hay, ensilage, roots and
gram. The second prize was taken by
Jerseys.
The prizes for packages between four
and ten pounds weight also went to Hol-
stems. The grade Jerseys won on pack
ages of less than three pounds from a
creamery, while the registered Jerseys
won the packages of three pounds weight
from a dairy. The result shows that both
the Holsteins and Jerseys are excel snt
butter producing breeds, but it may be
stated that the grades of Guernseys, Ayr
shires and Short-horns also secured some
Of the prizes. The first prize for dairy
or farm made butter made by the exhib
itor, and of not less than three pounds
weight, was won by Kentucky lady with
Jersey COWS. They were turned daily or
bluegrass pasture, and also given rations
| of oatmeal, cornmeal and linseed meal
No coloring matter was necessary to colol
| the butter. The milk was allowed tG
stand in creamer twenty four hours
then drawn off and the cream kept in &
cellar twenty-four hou1s at temperature
of SIC before churning. These results
are such as to cause dairymen to stop an6
consider. Although the food was an i'm
portant factor, yet there was great diff
/ ference in the kind and mode of feeding
ensilage being used in some instances
and discarded in others, and the same car
be said of linseed meal. Climate CAV,
no advantage, as the prizes did not al
go to any particular section. The bes
breeds for the purpose gave good &C
j count of their work. while skill and care
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
She Got There.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroiter with an Office up four pairs
of stairs On Griswold street was inquired
after by lady yesterday at the elevator
and the boy asked:
"Are you book agent, madame?"
''No, STRIP
sCome about some charity"
''No, sir!"
"Want his influence in temperance or
politicss"
mo, sir!"
Gle is very particular whom he sees,
madame. Will you give me yonr manner"
81 am his wife, STRIP
"O-h-h! you are! Well, please wait
here until go up and ask him if he will
see you. Take chair, madame, and
will do my best to bring about an inter
view"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

full management proved superior to all
the methods of feeding. 1t is plain that
no one breed is the producer of the
"gilt-edge" butter, but that there is still
wide field open for him who knows how
to produce it. The 'gilt-edge" depends
upon the knowledge and care of the
dairyman more than upon the COW, as the
awards plainly show.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Oyerstocking the Market


The live stock interest of this country
are in en- unexampled condition. Fabu-
lous sums are paid for preferred animals,
900, and ev en- trios of poultry have sold
for 5000, while rams of certain strains of
merinos are scarce, with prices as high as
$4,000 each. Yet, with the daily papers
recording the sales, and the prices at such
a scale as only to merit of the wealthy
owning the desired stock, there are scores
of people with fear that the markets may
be overstocked. The markets have been
overstocked long ago-with inferior stock
but merit is always salable, and there is a
demand for all the productions of this
country, and at high prices, if they be of
superior quality. There is always a
remedy for overproduction, especially
thing better. Those who succeed are
better than others possess. Capital does
not control the superior stock. It is
waiting however, to reward the skill and
patience of the producer. The fastest
trotters, the fieetest runners, the deepest
mixers and the heaviest steers were rails,
ed by expert breeders. And the market
uOtS uOU nave Oa0 supCI1OI dAlWhl
offered for hundred ready customers.
Nor is the growing of fruit or
vegetables an exception. When the
blackberry was first cultivated, an over
stocked market was predicted, as such
fruit grew in all the fields and by places,
but the superior quality of the cultivated
berries placed them at a price never be-
fore attained, although carloads were ar
irving in market daily; and the past sea-
son has demonstrated that the prediction
of an overstocked market of broilers,
due to use Of large number Of incuba-
tors, was unfulfilled, as prices were near
ly so per cent higher, owing TO better
quality, than they were last season. The
introduction of new and better varieties
of peaches calls for repid sale at good
prices, even when the market seems
loaded with the supply; and the same
may be said of garden crops. The solu
ton for the prevention of an overstocked
market is not by restricting production,
but by producing something better
This has been proved by practical expert.
ence, and the difficulty at the present day
is not how to dispose of inferior goods
but how to meet the demand and supply
the market with the best. for which pur-
chasers are willing to pay the highest
prices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
"Mohair" Shoes .
Boston Herald

Lady vent into small store not a
thousand miles from Boston last week,
to be fitted to sone boots, and while wait
ing for the attendant to attend, glanced
about at the shelves and boxes with their
tempting and uncomfortable contents.
On one Of the boxes was printed "mohair
shoes" "What are mohair shoes?" she
inquired. 81 never heard of them in
Boston Or New York" oh" said the
proprietor graciously, taking out of the
box pair of stunning high hoeled shoes
''they are called mohair because of the
big buckles "Dont you mean Moliere?'
asked the customer. "No, don't. Jimmy
wrote it. He said it was something FIR
ench." The lady smiled to herself and
said Jimmy" might know French, but
that style of shoes was named for great
Frenchman who was called Moliere, not
Inohair; and then the attendant being
prepared to attend, she had her boots
tried on.
wish could get pair of shoes made
by John Browns shoemaker" said thea
trical performer to a traveller. "Wha.
fors" was the natural inquiry. "Look
how long his sole has been marching with
out pu ting him on mis- uppers. tell you
the man that aid make such shoes now
adays would get rich in A year off of us
people,"